Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The CEOP should include an annex
addressing how the higher education institution will perform each of the
following functions:
1) Direction and Control
- What means the higher education institution will use to direct and control
activities during and following disaster/emergency situations.
2) Communications - How information will be
exchanged among responders, administrative officials, teachers and students and
other interested persons during and after a disaster/emergency
situation.
3)
Warning/Disaster/Emergency Information - How the public and campus community
will be warned and instructed regarding actual or threatened hazards through
the public media or other means.
4)
Public Information - The means, organization and process by which a higher
education institution will provide timely, accurate and useful information and
instructions to the community throughout a disaster/emergency. It includes
information disseminated to the public through the media and other information
sources on what is happening, what the response organization is doing, and what
the public should do for its safety. The higher education institution should
address the circumstances of special needs populations, including limited
English proficiency populations.
5)
Disaster Intelligence/Damage Assessment/Recovery Planning - The means the
higher education institution will use to identify, collect, analyze and
disseminate information on the extent and impact of the disaster and those
plans for recovery and restoration of operations.
6) Evacuation/Shelter-in-Place/Lockdown - The
movement of people to a safe area from an area believed to be at risk, when
disaster/emergency situations necessitate that action.
7) Mass Care - Actions taken to ensure
appropriate services are provided at a mass care facility, including, but not
limited to, providing temporary shelter, food, medical care, clothing and other
essential life support needs to people displaced from their homes because of a
disaster situation.
8) Health and
Medical - The activities associated with providing health and medical services
in emergencies and disasters, including emergency medical, hospital, public
health, environmental health and mental health services.
9) Mortuary Services - Activities including
the collection, identification and care of human remains; determining the cause
of death; inventorying and protecting deceased's personal effects; and locating
and notifying the next of kin.
10)
Resource Management - The process of managing people, equipment, facilities,
supplies and other resources to satisfy the needs generated by a disaster. This
includes the management of volunteer response teams and spontaneously
responding volunteers.
b) Each campus functional annex identified by
subsection (a) should individually address:
1) The purpose of the function.
2) A description of situations that trigger
implementation of the function.
3)
A description of assumptions that apply to the function.
4) The concept of operations for the
function.
5) Assignment of
responsibility for annex maintenance, review and updating.
c) In addition to subsection (b), the Campus
Direction and Control annex should also:
1)
Describe the direction and control relationship of tasked organizations,
including:
A) The command structure -
specifically who will be in charge during disaster/emergency response
operations.
B) The authorities of,
and limitations on, key response personnel such as the on-scene Campus Incident
Commander.
C) How
disaster/emergency response organizations will be notified when it is necessary
to respond.
D) The means that will
be used to obtain, analyze and disseminate information (for decision making,
requesting assistance, reporting, etc.).
E) The relationship between the CEOC and the
Campus Incident Command Post.
2) List the organizations that are tasked
with specific direction and control responsibilities and describe those
responsibilities. Include the assignment of responsibility for:
A) Reporting to the CEOC when
activated.
B) Coordinating press
releases among response organizations.
C) Managing the primary and alternate
CEOCs.
D) Maintaining a significant
events log.
E) Removing
debris.
d) In
addition to subsection (b), the Campus Communications annex should also:
1) Describe the total emergency
communications system used for communication among all groups and individuals
involved in the higher education institution's response to a
disaster/emergency.
2) Describe the
primary and backup communication methods and personnel.
3) Identify the organization assigned to
coordinate all communication activities.
4) List the organizations that are tasked
with specific communications responsibilities and describe those
responsibilities.
5) Identify the
representative from each tasked organization who will report to the CEOC when
activated.
6) Describe plans for
notification of next-of-kin and the establishment, on or in the vicinity of
campus, of a Family Assistance Center to address the needs of next-of-kin of
deceased or seriously injured students, faculty or staff.
e) In addition to subsection (b), the Campus
Warning/Disaster/Emergency Information annex should also:
1) Identify the methods used to provide
warning/disaster/emergency information for the public and special populations,
including limited English proficiency populations.
2) Identify the locations of outdoor
warning/disaster/emergency information devices and define the geographical
areas covered.
3) Describe the
specific warning/disaster/emergency information responsibilities assigned to
the tasked organizations.
4)
Identify the department or agency responsible for activating public
warning/disaster/emergency information systems.
f) In addition to subsection (b), the Campus
Public Information annex should also:
1)
Assign a person to be the Campus Public Information Officer (CPIO) responsible
for coordinating information gathering and production, rumor control, public
inquiries, and media relations.
2)
Designate a facility or site as the public information center.
3) List the organizations that are tasked
with specific public information responsibilities and describe those
responsibilities.
4) Assign a
public information representative to report to the CEOC when
activated.
5) Identify a facility
or site for the Joint Information Center during major incidents on
campus.
g) In addition
to subsection (b), the Campus Disaster Intelligence/Damage Assessment/Recovery
Planning annex should also:
1) List the
organizations that are tasked with specific disaster intelligence/damage
assessment/recovery planning responsibilities and describe those
responsibilities.
2) Assign a
disaster intelligence/damage assessment/recovery planning representative to
report to the CEOC when activated.
h) In addition to subsection (b), the Campus
Evacuation/Shelter-in-Place/Lockdown annex should also:
1) List the organizations that are tasked
with specific evacuation/shelter-in-place/lockdown responsibilities and
describe those responsibilities.
2)
Identify the department, agency or organization responsible for coordinating
all transportation resources planned for use in an evacuation.
i) In addition to subsection (b),
the Campus Mass Care annex should also:
1)
List the organizations that are tasked with specific mass care responsibilities
and describe those responsibilities, including:
A) Identification of the department, agency
or organization responsible for determining the need to open shelter.
B) Identification of the department, agency
or organization responsible for disaster/emergency mass feeding
operations.
C) Identification of
the department, agency or organization responsible for providing health and/or
medical care, including mental health services, at shelter and/or congregate
care facilities.
2)
Assign a mass care representative to report to the CEOC when
activated.
3) Identify the mass
care representative who will coordinate press releases with the CPIO.
j) In addition to subsection (b),
the Campus Health and Medical Services annex should also:
1) List the organizations and individuals
that are tasked with responsibilities for providing disaster/emergency health
and medical services and describe those responsibilities, including:
A) Identification of the department, agency
or organization responsible for arranging crisis counseling for emergency
workers.
B) Identification of the
department, agency or organization responsible for sanitation
services.
2) Assign a
health and medical services representative to report to the CEOC when
activated.
3) Identify the
department, agency or organization responsible for providing post-incident
mental health care.
k)
In addition to subsection (b), the Campus Mortuary Services annex should also:
1) List the organizations and individuals
that are tasked with mortuary services responsibilities and describe those
responsibilities.
2) Describe how
mortuary services will be expanded during a mass casualty incident, if
necessary.
l) In
addition to subsection (b), the Campus Resource Management annex should also:
1) List the organizations and individuals
that are tasked with resource management responsibilities and describe those
responsibilities. Include identification of who will organize, manage,
coordinate and distribute the donations of money, goods and labor received from
individual citizens and volunteer groups during a disaster/emergency.
2) Inventory the resources available, such as
emergency supplies and equipment maintained for the campus community to use
during a disaster/emergency.
3)
Assign a resource management representative to report to the CEOC when
activated.
m) The higher
education institution may include additional functional annexes in the CEOP as
determined by the higher education institution to be necessary for the
emergency management efforts of the higher education institution in the event
of a disaster, including, but not limited to, the following functions: search
and rescue, law enforcement, public works, transportation, energy management,
animal welfare, legislative relations, aviation operations and/or
others.